Stronger association of objective physical metrics with baseline patient-reported outcome measures than preoperative standing sagittal parameters for adult spinal deformity patients

CONCLUSIONS: The authors observed that increasing baseline sagittal malalignment is associated with slower WT, and possibly weaker GS, in ASD patients. WT has a stronger relationship to PROMs than standing alignment parameters. Objective physical metrics likely offer added value to standard spinopelvic measurements in ASD evaluation and surgical planning.PMID:38457811 | DOI:10.3171/2024.1.SPINE231030

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - March 8, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tej D Azad Frank J Schwab Virginie Lafage Alex Soroceanu Robert K Eastlack Renaud Lafage Khaled M Kebaish Robert A Hart Bassel Diebo Michael P Kelly Justin S Smith Alan H Daniels D Kojo Hamilton Munish Gupta Eric O Klineberg Themistocles S Protopsaltis Pe Source Type: research